# Conveyor tracking position of object/part

**URL:** <https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/conveyor-tracking-position-of-object-part/2928>\
**Category:** RobotStudio\
**Created:** [July 11, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/conveyor-tracking-position-of-object-part/2928 "2009-07-11T23:28:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![M\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@M\_Johnson](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/M_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/conveyor-tracking-position-of-object-part/2928/1 "2009-07-11T23:28:55Z")

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Hi,

Is there any way to find out the tracked object/part position (I mean in millimeter) by the controller in a conveyer tracking system?  
Is the actual position written to a num-varible somewhere in the robotsystem?  
What I want to do is to run some instructions in the background if the robot hasn’t finished the tracking path after certain millimeters.

M Johnson

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**Author:** ![vmiegel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ccd318/32.png) [@vmiegel](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/vmiegel)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/conveyor-tracking-position-of-object-part/2928/2 "2009-07-13T14:52:33Z")

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Hi,

you can use the analog signal c1position to get the actual position of the conveyor (in meters).

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